Born in Tokyo, Japan - 1975
Started his career as a visual planner in 1996, Oku joined stage productions by TOHO musical, NODA-MAP, Takarazuka Revue, Otona Keikaku, etc. Since then, he has engaged in wide range of stage performances such as small theater, ballet, dance and musical. His representative works include “Elisabeth”, “Mozart!”(TOHO Musical), “2001 people Play”, “Oil”, “Run, Merusu!”(NODA-MAP), “Bara no Fuin”, “Never say goodbye”(Takarazuka Revue), and “GUNDOKU” (group recitation: Epic poetic drama), “One Seed”(EXPO2005 AICHI JAPAN, Japan Pavilion). Recently he’s also actively engaged in stage creations such as “Tap Man”, “Tap Man & Piano Man” and “ Boys Electone Conspiracy” which are becoming a sensation with their effective use of visual images on the stages..
Oku has also constantly released movies as a director, including “KAI-ON”, “Labor Cop” (2002), “Japanese Naked Tribe” (2003) and “AKA-SEN” (2004 / RISE X opening feature film) in which was a Japanese KABUKI star Shido Nakamura’s first leading role. With innovative idea and approach, he keeps seeking the new possibility of digital movie. Oku’s upcoming films are “Ten-Sho-Chi”, a documentary on the Japanese legendary theater directors Yukio Ninagawa, Hideki Noda and Masahide Komaki and “Cain’s descendant”, a feature-length film starring Kazushi Watanabe and Tomorrow Taguchi ( to be released in 2007). In addition, Oku is also active in areas beyond visual creation. He produced the visual system for “Japan Pavilion - EXPO2005” and a digital device for “RISE X”.